Key Points:
- Simplify infrastructure management by enabling Windows administrators to monitor and manage your NetApp storage environment with Microsoft System Center.
- Enable automated provisioning and disaster recovery through integration with Opalis customized workflows.
- Enable cost-effective disaster recovery.
- Optimize utilization of existing resources so you can reduce capital and operating costs by buying less storage.
- Lower administrative costs by leveraging existing management tools and skills.
OnCommand™ plug-in for Microsoft® consists of NetApp® products and toolkits that enable you to manage and monitor physical, virtual, and cloud infrastructures using Microsoft System Center. With OnCommand plug-in for Microsoft, you can streamline infrastructure management, automate provisioning, and enable cost-effective disaster recovery for NetApp storage systems using your existing management tools and skills.
Download and install OnCommand plug-in for Microsoft to enjoy these benefits:
- Use OnCommand plug-in for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) Management Pack to:
- Monitor server and storage availability and capacity for virtual machines running on a Microsoft Hyper-V™ host.
- Isolate problems quickly using SCOM’s alert, NetApp PRO tips, and health explorer views.
- Enable rapid provisioning of space-efficient VMs with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) or PowerShell rapid provisioning cmdlets.
- Receive PRO tips with autoremediation for deduplication and volume autosize settings within the SCVMM console.
- Automate and simplify disaster recovery through PowerShell cmdlets, Opalis, and NetApp SnapMirror®.
Rapid provisioning and cloning PowerShell cmdlets integrate core NetApp technologies with SCVMM to automate and accelerate the way administrators provision Hyper-V virtual machines and increase storage efficiencies.
You can automate activities including VM cloning and provisioning and disaster recovery through Opalis Integration Packs that enable Windows® administrators to create workflows within the Opalis system.
OnCommand plug-in for Microsoft enables administrators to build simple disaster recovery solutions by using the NetApp provided PowerShell cmdlets. You can automate your disaster recovery planning, preparedness, and testing as well as planned and unplanned failover and failback workflows.
With OnCommand plug-in for Microsoft, IT administrators can leverage the management features of SCOM, SCVMM, and Opalis to deploy more systems without adding more system administration resources.
Learn more about OnCommand plug-in for Microsoft and how our storage and data management solutions can help you get the most from your Microsoft technology investment, or arrange a visit to your local Microsoft Technology Center.
